A CHALLENGE CLAIMING THE ELECTION WAS LOADED WITH FRAUDULENT VOTES AND HE SHOULD BE DECLARED THE WINNER. 16 WAPT'S SCOTT SIMMONS UNVEILS THE EVIDENCE IN OUR COMMITMENT 20-14 COVERAGE. NO END IN SIGHT FOR WHAT'S BEEN CALLED THE NASTIEST SENATE RACE IN THE COUNTRY. STATE SENATOR CHRIS MCDANIEL/ ELLISVILLE: THEY ASKED US TO PUT UP OR SHUT UP. HERE WE ARE.. PROVIDING A THICK BINDER OF WHAT CHRIS MCDANIEL'S LEGAL TEAM CALLS ELECTION INTEGRITY CHALLENGE ...THEY CLAIM 35- HUNDRED CASES OF PEOPLE WHO VOTED DEMOCRAT IN THE JUNE 3RD PRIMARY AND THEN - ILLEGALLY - IN THE REPUBLICAN RUNOFF. NOT ENOUGH TO OVERCOME THE 77- HUNDRED VOTE MARGIN COCHRAN HAD IN THE RUNOFF. BUT MCDANIEL CLAIMS THERE IS OTHER EVIDENCE. STATE SENATOR CHRIS MCDANIEL/ ELLISVILLE: WE ARE TALKING ABOUT LITERALLY 10-THOUSAND IRREGULARITIES THAT HAVE BEEN FOUND SO YOU TAKE THAT NUMBER AND THE 35- HUNDRED THAT WE HAVE FOUND IMPERICALLY YOU ADD THAT TO THE 2-THOUSAND PLUS ABSENTEE BALLOTS THEN YOU WILL SEE THE NUMBERS ARE FAR GREATER THAN THE MARGIN OF VICTORY. MARK GARRIGA/ IT IS TIME THAT THEY PROVE THESE ALLEGATIONS. IT TOOK THEM 6 WEEKS TO DO THIS. I THINK IT SAYS A LOT MORE ABOUT THEIR NEED FOR EXTENDED PUBLICITY THAN THE SERIOUSNESS OF THEIR CHALLENGE. THAD COCHRAN'S CAMPAIGN ATTORNEY SAYS IT'S ALL RHETORIC IN THE BITTER ELECTION BATTLE. THE CHALLENGE FIRST GOES BEFORE THE REPUBLICAN PARTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. APPROXIMATELY 50- MEMBERS WHO MCDANIEL WANTS TO MAKE HIM THE OUTRIGHT WINNER. MITCH TYNER/MCDANIEL ATTORNEY: CHRIS MCDANIEL CLEARLY CLEARLY WON THE REPUBLICAN VOTE ON THE RUNOFF. JOE NOSEF/MS REPUBLICAN PARTY: THERE ARE VERY FEW RULES ABOUT WHAT EXACT PROCESS WOULD BE FOLLOWED SO THAT IS ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS WE WOULD HAVE TO DO IS MAKE SURE WE HAVE A PROCESS THAT BOTH SIDES ARE OK WITH. MCDANIEL'S LEGAL TEAM WANTS THE REPUBLIAN PARTY TO SET A PUBLIC HEARING WITHIN 10-DAYS. A CLEAR INDICATION THAT THIS NASTY POST ELECTION FIGHT ... HAS SEVERAL ROUNDS LEFT. SCOTT SIMMONS 16 WAPT NEWS. THE LEGAL FIGHT IS ALSO PUTTING A HOLD